Title
The Whole Art of Marbling as Applied to Paper, Bookedges, etc. […]
Coverage
Charles W. Woolnough.
London:
Publisher
G. Bell,
Date
1881
Description
Perhaps the most important book on British marbling, The Whole Art of Marbling provides an account of the methods and materials of the craft. It provides instructions for making thirty traditional and contemporary patterns, as well as how to use the completed marbled papers in home decoration and how to marble on cloth. Shown here are the progressive stages of the Italian pattern.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Thomas J. Watson Library